Complete Inventory Listing for Friends of the Nevada County Libraries

Adams, Evangeline. Astrology for Everyone. New York. Dodd Mead. 1931. 268 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. No additional printings. Yellow covers with blue lettering. Jacket browning, quarter sized piece missing at bottom of spine, price on jacket $2.00. $15.00 Book #1660 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Adams, Richard. The Plague Dogs. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1978. 391 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first American edition. By the author of Watership down. $10.00 Book #456 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Adler, Warren. Jackson Hole Uneasy Eden. Moose, Wyoming. Homestead Publishing. 1997. 223 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Blue covers with extended red spine. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Stated first edition. By the author of The War of the Roses. $25.00 Book #2196 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Allen, Frank Waller. The Golden Road. New York. Wessels & Bissell. 1910. 228 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Copyright page: "Copyright, 1910, by Wessels & Bissell Co. October." Green cover with beautiful gold stamped lettering. Decorations and illustrations by George Hood, GH on bottom right of cover. The text on every page is outlined in pale green and there are pale green floral decorations on the edge and bottom of every page. The one color and two sepia illustrations are bright and beautiful. Very fine heavy paper stock. $10.00 Book #1501 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Allende, Isabel. Hija De La Fortuna Daughter of Fortune. New York. HarperLIbros. 1999. 429 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Spanish language edition of Daughter of Fortune. Signed with drawing of flower by author on half-title. "Primera edicion HarperLibros, 1999" on copyright page, number 1 is present. $25.00 Book #2208 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Anglund, Joan Walsh. Look out the Window. New York. Harcourt Brace & World. 1959. 36 pps. 4.5 by 8 ". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Great illustrations by author. Owner name and label on endpapers. $10.00 Book #880 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Arch, E. L. The Man With Three Eyes. New York. Avalon Books. 1967. 190 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in very good dust jacket. DJ in Plasti-Kleer jacket cover. Library tags glued to bottom spine of DJ. $15.00 Book #1627 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Arms, Herbert Clarke, Burdick, Charles Baker. Sigma Chi Songs. Chicago. Sigma Chi Fraternity. 1909. 166 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with gold decorations on front. Third edition. Covers show wear and stains use front hinge loose interior has some dog-ears but pages clean and completet. Included is ribbon tied phamphlet with wraps for Initiation Banquet for Alpha Zeta Chapter December 15, 1906 showing initiates, menu and program. $30.00 Book #2242 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Armstrong, Louise B. Facts and Figures of Hawaii. New York. Henry M. Snyder. 1933. 159 pps. 6.75 by 4.5". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Light blue covers with blue lettering faded around edges and where DJ is missing. DJ mostly there. Contents include geography, winds, temperature, rainfall and tides forms of government, Army and Navy posts, population, school statistics, financial and business summary, industries, manufacturing, sightseeing, music, recreation, shopping, what to wear, hotels, churches, clubs, gold clubs, glossary of Hawaiian words and much more. $20.00 Book #2042 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Ashley, Paul P. Essentials of LIbel a Handbook for Journalists. Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1948. 71 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Blue covers with silver lettering. $10.00 Book #2048 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Babbs, Ken editor. Spit in the Ocean #6 The Cassady Issue. Pleasant Hill, Oregon. SITO. 1981. 224 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Front cover illustration of playing card with Neal Cassady as the Jack of Sledghammers. Featuring unpublished manuscript of Neal Cassady. Also featuring (according to the cover) John Clellon Holmes, Larry McMurtry, Stewart Brand, Jerry Garcia, and Kesey plus many more. $20.00 Book #1592 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bacon, James. Hollywood is a Four Letter Town. Chicago. Henry Regnery Company. 1976. 324 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Black cloth covers with gold lettering on spine. Signed "Best--James Bacon" on FFE. Quarter sized stain on FFE. May be first, no printing information. Lots of great stories about almost every Hollywood legend and lots of photos. $25.00 Book #2167 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Baker, Susan , Forrest, Audrey B. Secrets of El Verano. El Verano, California. Chicken Express Publishing Co.. 1994. 86 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Softcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Stated first edition. signed by both authors. History of a small town in Northern California, near Sonoma. $10.00 Book #1662 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. New York. The Dial Press. 1963. 120 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Appears to be first edition. 1963 on title page no additional printings on copyright page. Price of $3.50 on DJ flap. $25.00 Book #2181 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Baring-Gould, William S. Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-fifth Street. New York. Viking Press. 1969. 196 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Book club edition. "The life and times of America's largest detective." $10.00 Book #739 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Barnouw, Erik. Handbook of Radio Writing. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1939. 306 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Blue covers with gold lettering slightly worn. Page browning consistent with age. Stated first edition published October 1939. "An outline of techniques and markets in radio writing in the United States" by the author who was a radio writer and director and also Instructor in Raido Writing at Columbia University. $75.00 Book #2151 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bartlett, Robert M. Pilgrim House by the Sea. North Quincy, Mass. Christopher Publishing House. 1973. 327 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. No additonal printing information. Appears to be unread. The story of restoring a 1660 Pilgrim house. Illustrations by Jan Norton. $15.00 Book #1780 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Barton, Blanche. The Secret Life of a Satanist. Los Angeles. Feral House. 1992. 262 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. The authorized biography of Anton LaVey. $9.00 Book #1726 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Baxter, Charles. Burning Down the House. St. Paul, Minn. Graywolf Press. 1997. 245 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stated first Graywolf printing, number 1 present. Essays on fiction. $10.00 Book #1735 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Belknap, George N. Oregon Imprints 1845-1870. Eugene, Oregon. University of Oregon. 1968. 304 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Green covers with black lettering and decorations on front and spine. Describes 1,521 books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in Oregon throught 1870. $20.00 Book #2096 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bird, Isabella L. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. London. John Murray. 1888. 336 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with black bamboo, gold lettering and moon. Third edition with lots of illustrations. "An account of travels in the interior including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrine of Nikko." $35.00 Book #2144 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bishop, Elizabeth, Grifalconi, Ann. The Ballad of the Burglar of Babylon. New York. Farrar, Straus. 1968. 35 pps. 8 by 9.5". First edition. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first edition. Jacket in plastic taped to book. Wonderful multi-color woodcut illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. $20.00 Book #2013 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Blanchet, F. X., Kowrach, Edward J. Ten Years on the Pacific Coast. Fairfield, Washington. Ye Galleon Press. 1982. 95 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Brown covers with gold lettering, no additional printings noted. Translated from the French by Edward J. Kowrach, S. J. A history of the author and his church in Jacksonville, Oregon, which was construced in 1858. $20.00 Book #2114 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Blanding, Don. Let Us Dream. New York. Dodd Mead. 1946. 120 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Fourteenth Printing. Green cover with black lettering, light blue DJ has faded and browned. Author inscribed "Aloha" and some small drawing and signed his name on the ffe. Illustrations by the author. Frontis is photo of the author arriving in Hawaii by Clipper from California. $15.00 Book #886 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Blevins, Winfred. Charbonneau Man of Two Dreams. Los Angeles. Nash Publishing. 1975. 306 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stated first edition. Back endpapers upside down. A novel of Rocky Mountian fur traders. $10.00 Book #780 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bohjalian, Chris. Midwives. New York. Crown Publishing. 1997. 312 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Tan covers with black spine with copper littering. Careful previous owner's name on FFE. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Appears to be 4th printing, 4 present on copyright page. $30.00 Book #2166 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Boucher, Sandy. Heartwomen. San Francisco. Harper & Row. 1982. 284 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Blue covers with tan spine. Previous owner's name on front fee endpaper. An Urban Feminist's odyssey home. Illustrated by the author. Stated first edition, number 1 present. $20.00 Book #2023 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Boucher, Sandy. The Notebooks of Leni Clare. Trumansburg, New York. The Crossing Press. 1982. 150 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Short stories. $15.00 Book #2024 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bowers, Norm, Bowers, Pat. Andy Jack's Adventures in Europe. Palo Alto, California. Little House Publishing. 1969. 130 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Dark blue covers with gold lettering on spine. Inscription by authors on FFE dated 1971. No additional printings noted. A book for nine to thirteen year olds about a boy who lives on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco and stows away on a cargo ship to Europe. Illustrated by Payne Thebaut. $20.00 Book #2139 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Boyer, Peter. Who Killed CBS?. New York. Random House. 1988. 361 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stated first edition. ISBN 0-394-56034-5. $15.00 Book #1966 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Boyne, Walter J. The Aircraft Treasures of Silver Hill. New York. Rawson Associates. 1982. 248 pps. 7.5 by 10". First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. The behind-the -scenes workshop of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Instition written by its director. Lots of photos. $20.00 Book #2100 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Boynton, Searles R. The Painter Lady Grace Carpenter Hudson. Eureka, California. Interface California Corporation. 1978. 186 pps. 13.25x10.5. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Tan covers gold decorations on front and lettering on spine. Inscription by author and previous owner on half-title. The artists family came to California in 1857 and for 40 years Grace Carpenter Hudson painted over 600 canvases the legends and traditions of the Pomo tribe. This beautiful books contains reproductions of many of her works some full page and in color. $40.00 Book #2205 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brechin, Gray. Imperial San Francisco. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1999. 402 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Maroon covers with gold lettering on spine. Subtitle Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. "While telling vivid stories that include graft, murder, sex scandals, and perverted science, Brechin proposes that the five linked activities of mining, mechanization, militarism, metallurgy and money-making consititute an invisible structure that precedes and supercedes capitalism." Sounds like a real twit. $25.00 Book #1972 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brecht, Bertolt. A Penny for the Poor. New York. Hillman-Curl Inc.. 1938. 396 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Red covers with black decorations (outstretched hand) and lettering. Spine faded. Owners inscription and stamp on free endpaper, browning consistent with age. 1938 on title and copyright pages, no additional printings noted. Translated from the German by Desmond I. Vesey, verses translated by Christopher Isherwood. $25.00 Book #1536 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brickhill, Paul. The Great Escape. New York. W. W. Norton. 1950. 264 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Stated first edition. The author writes from his experience in a German prison camp. $20.00 Book #2111 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Briscoe, David. A Personal Peace. Tokyo. Japan Publications Inc.. 1989. 0 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stated 1st edition, inscribed by author at French Meadows 1993. From the DJ flap: "I may be the first medically dianosed schizophrenic who has recovered as a result of practicing macrobiotics. I won't be the last." $10.00 Book #881 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brooks, Terry, Lucas, George. Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. New York. Ballantine Publishing. 1999. 324 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Black covers with red decorations on front and lettering on spine. Specially bound stated first edition limited to 5,000 copies and signed by the author. No slipcase. $25.00 Book #2153 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brower, Charles. Fifty Years Below Zero. New York. Dodd Mead. c1980. 310 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1942 is the only date on the copyright page but jacket has ISBN 0-396-02379-7, 21st printing. Two inscriptions on free endpaper, one says, "The author's son Thomas P. Brower Barrow, Alaska." $10.00 Book #1370 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brown, Will C. Caprock Rebel. New York. Macmillan Pub.. 1962. 172 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Light blue covers with lettering in black box on spine. Stamped "property of US Navy" top edge of pages. Stated first printing. Dustjacket worn and torn at corners but all there. A confederate soldier returns to his family ranch in Texas to tangle with bad men. $50.00 Book #2140 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Browne, Van Dyke. Secrets of Scene Painting and Stage Effects. London. George Routledgge & Sons, Limited. c1910. 75 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Gray covers with bold, really striking, beautiful four color illustration of man and woman in medieval costume on the cover. Handwritten, and small sticker previous owner's name on FFE. Near fine. Fifth edition. No date, circa 1910? Lots of illustrations, many in full color. Directions to build a stage, sound effects, scene painting, how to make snow, etc. A great book. $20.00 Book #2142 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Brucato, John G. The Farmer Goes to Town. San Francisco. Burke Publishing Company. 1948. 144 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Green covers with gold lettering on front. Price of $2.50 crossed out and $1.75 in ink above it. The history of the San Francisco Farmer's Market by its founder. Illustrated by photographs. $20.00 Book #2033 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bruce, Wallace, Smillie, James D. The Land of Burns. Boston. Lee and Shepard. 1879. 40 pps. 6 by 7.5". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with attractive black and gold decorations on front and spine. Corners worn and top and bottom of spine missing 1/4 inch. All edges gilt. Illustrated by James D. Smillie. Printed on card stock, one side of the page only. Unpaginated, about 40 pages. $20.00 Book #2046 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Bunker, John G. Harbor & Haven An Illustrated History of the Port of New York. Woodland Hills, California. Windsor Publications. 1979. 302 pps. 9 by 11". Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. White buckram covers with red decorations and lettering. DJ shows subtle wear--near fine. The history of New York harbor from Peter Stuyvesant to the now gone World Trade Center buildings. Great book with lots of illustrations and photos. $20.00 Book #2122 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Burr, Clara and Clarence. More Than Dust. Boston. None. 1943. 324 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Signed by both authors, no additional printings noted. Green covers with gilt lettering, some staining on covers. $10.00 Book #42 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Thorofare, NJ. Charles B. Slack, Inc.. 1982. 20 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. No page numbers, approximately 20. A Story of Life for All Ages $12.00 Book #1172 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cain, James M. Serenade. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1937. 314 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Stated first edition. Black cover with great silver decorations and titles on cover and spine. Slight shelf wear, corners lightly bumped. Near fine. Made into Mario Lanza movie in 1956. By the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice. $20.00 Book #553 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Calder, A. Sterling. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition. San Francisco. Paul Elder and Company. 1915. 202 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Rough brown covers with stamped gold lettering on front and spine. 96 beautifully done tipped-in black and white photos of art of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1915 described by Stella G. S. Perry with and introduction by A. Sterling Calder the Acting Chief of Sculpture of the Exposition. May be first edition, no additional printings noted. $45.00 Book #2075 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Calhoon, F. D. Naked I Stand. Sacramento, California. Cal Con Publishers. 1980. 132 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. The story of an innocent man, the author, convicted of murdering his wife and his subsequent stay in prison. Rare. $100.00 Book #2221 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Capote, Truman. Other Voices, Other Rooms. New York. Random House. 1948. 231 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Tan covers with green line on front and red titles on spine. Front hinge loose, some shelf wear and soiling. Top of copyright page states: First Printing. No other printing information. Truman's first book. $30.00 Book #1143 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Carlson, Ron. Plan B for the Middle Class. New York. W. W. Norton. 1992. 223 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Blue covers with extended purple spine with gold lettering. Very attractive dustjacket. Inscribed on the title page, stated first edition. Short stories. $15.00 Book #2002 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Carlson, William. Lifelines Through the Arctic. New York. Duell, Sloan. 1962. 271 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Blue covers with bold silver lettering on spine. Very attractive dustjacket is near fine with slight shelfwear at corners. $20.00 Book #2064 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Carr, John Dickson. The Devil in Velvet. New York. Harper & Bros. 1951. 1951 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Blue covers. "E-A" code on copyright page. Very nice DJ cover with picture of man with sword. $10.00 Book #1107 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cassady, Neal. The First Third and Other Writings. San Francisco. City Lights Books. 1977. 157 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. 5th printing. Autobiographical writings of Neal Cassady who was Jack Kerouac's Dean Moriarty in on the Road and a generation later the driver of Ken Kesey's Merry Prankster bus. Front cover is great picture of Cassady and Kerouac. $10.00 Book #1616 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Castaneda, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1968. 196 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Previous owners name on half-title. DJ near fine slight shelf wear. Second printing 1968. $150.00 Book #2233 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Chamberlin, Ann. Tamar. New York. Tom Doherty Associates. 1994. 464 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. good copy with no dust jacket. Advance Uncorrected proof inscribed by the author. Front cover creased and has staple holes. $15.00 Book #2245 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Chamberlin, E. R. The Fall of the House of Borgia. New York. Dial Press. 1974. 347 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Book club edition. $10.00 Book #784 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Chamberlin, William Henry. Japan Over Asia. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1937. 395 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. $15.00 Book #2061 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Champlin, Charles. Back There Where the Past Was. Syracuse, New York. Syracuse University Press. 1989. 213 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Red covers with gold lettering on spine. Slight shelfwear to dustjacket. Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Signed by the author who tells of growing up in the 1930's in Hammondsport in Western New York State. Illustrated with photographs. $15.00 Book #1896 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Charisse, Nico. Ballet for Today. Culver City, California. Murray and Gee, Publishers, Inc.. 1951. 156 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. Gray covers with red lettering, slick paper. No additional printings noted. Dustjactket missing center portion of spine, otherwise just a few chips missing. Illustrated with photos and diagrams. The author hopes to help the student by, "omitting as far as possible the glittering impossibilities of the theorist and the art-killing pedantry of the absolutist." $10.00 Book #1919 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Chomsky, Noam. Necessary Illusions. Boston. South End Press. 1989. 422 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. ISBN: 0-89608-366-7 Paperback signed by the author on the title page. Beautifully lettered gift presentation on inside of front cover from the Mt. Diablo Peace Center. Some shelfwear and corners dog-eared. Signed copies quite rare. $100.00 Book #2216 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Christopher, John. No Blade of Grass. New York. Simon and Schuster. 1956. 218 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Green covers with tan extended spine with green label. Attractive dustjacket is price clipped. Stated first printing on copyright page. $20.00 Book #2050 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cleary, Beverly. Fifteen. New York. William Morrow. 1966. 254 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. 12th printing. Green DJ with girl on telephone. Morrow Junior Books. "Jane Purdy is fifteen and a sophomore in high school. No one has ever asked her for a date except George, an unromantic boy who is an inch shorter than she is.." Inscribed "Especially for Diane" by the author on the half-title page. $25.00 Book #1347 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cleaveland, Agnes Morley. Satan's Paradise From Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1952. 274 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Light orange covers with red lettering. Very attractive near fine dustjacket is price clipped. $15.00 Book #2047 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cleland, Robert Glass. El Molino Viejo. None. California Historical Society, Ward Richie Press. 1971. 65 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Rust covers with gold lettering and pastedown picture on front. The history of Spanish California's First Grist Mill at the Mission San Gabriel. $10.00 Book #1818 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Clifton, Mark, Riley, Frank. They'd Rather Be Right. New York. Gnome Press, Inc.. 1957. 189 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Black covers with green lettering on spine. Ex Libris, small stamp on FFE, traces of glue on front and back endpapers, pages browning consistent with age. DJ price clipped has small yellow science-ficion label on spine, otherwise very good plus. Has been protected by plastic cover. Stated first editon. Winner of the second Hugo award (1955). $50.00 Book #2072 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Clover, Haworth A. Hesperian College 1861-1896. Burlingame, California. Hesperia Press. 1974. 136 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Green boards with gold lettering on spine and decorations on front. The history of Hesperian College a pioneer Sacramento Valley institution and antecedent to Chapman College. $20.00 Book #2219 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Coblentz, Stanton A. The Lost Comet. New York. None. 1964. 188 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in good dust jacket. Ex library book with dustjacket flaps cut off and jacket and covered in plastic. DJ illustration of ice, moon and moon-shaped rocket exhaust is very attractive. $15.00 Book #1946 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Coblentz, Stanton A. The Day the World Stopped. New York. Avalon Books. 1968. 189 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. ex-libris copy in very good dust jacket. Ex library book has dustjacket covered in plastic and taped to book. Dustjacket illustration of bug-eyed-monstors watching a spaceship in very attractive. $20.00 Book #1947 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Conrad, Joseph. Lord Jim. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1977. 407 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Bright red covers with extensive decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat, color lithographs by Lynd Ward. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Editon. $35.00 Book #948 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Conrad, Joseph. The Children of the Sea. New York. Dodd Mead. 1897. 217 pps. 4.5 by 6.25". Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Blue, dark blue and white illustration of sailing ship on front cover somewhat worn and stained but still clear. From the Clatsop School library, hinges loose, lettering almost worn off spine. This is an early edition of The Nigger of the Narcissus before the title was changed. $100.00 Book #1985 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Prairie. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1968. 413 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with extensive decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by Harry Hansen, Illustrations by John Steuart Curry. Masterpieces of American Literature Collector's Edition. $45.00 Book #937 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Deerslayer. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1980. 510 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by John T. Winterich, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. $45.00 Book #941 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Pilot. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1968. 357 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Blue covers with extensive decorations and lettering on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by John T. Winterich, illustrated with very beautiful color woodcuts by Robert M. Quackenbush. The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Includes loose "notes from the archives" $45.00 Book #942 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Spy. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1963. 406 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Black covers with almost solid gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by John T. Winterich, illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Masterpieces of American Literature Collector's edition. $45.00 Book #943 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Pathfinder. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1981. 474 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Silk or satin moire end papers, silk or satin ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Introduction by Robert E. Spiller, illustrations by Richard M. Powers. Masterpieces of American Literature Collector's Edition. $45.00 Book #944 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1979. 377 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with extensive gold decorations (feathers) on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Red moire fabric end-papers, silk ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. $35.00 Book #951 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Coulter, Catherine. Hemlock Bay. New York. G. P. Putnams. 2001. 375 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Uncorrected proof for limited distribution. Green cover. $10.00 Book #1682 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cowan, Alan. A Kind of Truth. London. Hutchinson of London. 1961. 351 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Green covers with gold decorations on front and spine. Signed by the author on the FFE. The story of five soldiers fighting for survival during the war in the Mediterranean. Price 21s net. Book and jacket near fine. $25.00 Book #2227 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cronquist, Arthur, Holmgreen, Arthur, & Noel. Intermountain Flora vol I. New York. New York Botannical Gardens. 1986. 270 pps. 8 by 11". Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, Volume I only. Reprinting of the 1972 original. Photos and diagrams. $15.00 Book #1673 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Crosby, Alexander L. One Day for Peace. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1971. 109 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Red covers with gold decorations and lettering on front and spine. Inscribed by the author and dated 1974. A junior high school girl decides to organize a peace march. Stated first edition. $15.00 Book #2174 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Crosby, Harry. The Cave Paintings of Baja California. None. Copley. 1975. 174 pps. 9 by 11". Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Yellow boards with brown lettering on spine. Lots of illustrations, many in color. No additional printings noted. Signed by the author on the half-title page. $35.00 Book #2110 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Cunningham, Frank. General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians. San Antonio, Texas. The Naylor Company. 1959. 242 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Blue covers with dark blue decorations. DJ illustration of confederate flag and Indian with rifle. Price on DJ $5.00. No additional printings noted. Lots of photographs. The story of Stand Watie, the only Indian to attain general officer rank in the Army of the Confederate States of America. $35.00 Book #2022 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Curren, Polly. Raggedy Ann and Andy the Little Gray Kitten. Racine, Wisconsin. Golden Press. 1976. 20 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Pages not numbered, approximately 20. Illustrations by June Goldsborough. Price of 49 cents on cover, belongs to blank. $10.00 Book #1126 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Curtis, Caroline. Keola A Boy of Old Hawaii. Honolulu. Tongg Publishing. 1957. 159 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Very colorful, full page block print illustrations by Ethelyn Myhre. $15.00 Book #1499 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Curtis, George William. Prue and I. New York. Harper & Brothers. Unk. 214 pps. 7.5 by 8.25. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Entered in Clerk's office of District Court in 1856, no other dates. Faint signed of water on some pages maroon cover with gilt lettering on spine. No additonal printings noted. $20.00 Book #96 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dal Poggetto, Newton. Vitage of a Murder. San Francisco. Forerunneer Enterprises, Inc.. 1974. 280 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and numbered in ink #593 of a limited edition of 2,500. $15.00 Book #1679 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Davenport, Gwen. Belveldere. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill. 1947. 0 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Stated 1st edition. "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Library Culver City, Calif." stamped on endpapers. Made into a movie in 1948 starring Clifton Webb, Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara. Some chipping at edges of DJ, colors good. $25.00 Book #743 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dawe, Michael J. Red Deer, An Illustrated History. Burlington, Ontario. Windsor Publications (Canada) Ltd.. 1989. 148 pps. 8.5 x 11.5". Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. History of Red Deer, Alberta with many fine pictures. $15.00 Book #2213 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dekens, Camiel, Patterson, Tom. Riverman Desertman. Rubidoux, California. Historical Commission Press. 1980. 111 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Second edition #48 of 100 collector's edition signed by Tom Patterson on back paste-down endpaper. History as told by Dekens of Blyth and the surrounding area including the Colorado River. Also included is a paperback editon of the same book. $20.00 Book #2222 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Norwalk, Connecticut. None. 1979. 457 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Moire fabric end-papers, silk ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Collector's Edition. $40.00 Book #953 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Norwalk, Connecticut. None. 1967. 431 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Moire fabric end-papers, silk ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Illustrated by Barnett Freedman. Collector's Edition. $50.00 Book #955 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dickens, Charles. The Short Stories of Charles Dickens. Norwalk, Connecticut. The Easton Press. 1978. 423 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Leatherbound. fine copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Moire fabric end-papers with some browning from leather binding, silk ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Selected and introduced by Walter Allen, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Collector's Edition. $40.00 Book #956 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dickey, James. Deliverance. Boston. Houghton Mifflin. 1970. 278 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first printing C. Tan covers with green lettering. Slightly cocked, dustjacket shows some wear. $10.00 Book #1869 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dillon, Richard, Simmons, Steve. Delta Country. Novato, California. Presido Press. 1982. 134 pps. 8.5 by 11". First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Signed by both authors. Beautiful photos and interesting narrative about the history (Indians to present) of the Sacramento River Delta area. Includes map. No additional printing noted. $20.00 Book #2098 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Donarico, Elnora. Nurse Jessica's Cruise. New York. Avalon Books. 1980. 185 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Red covers with black lettering on spine. Inscribed by the author on title page. We also have Nurse Vicky's Love also signed by the author. $25.00 Book #2235 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Donarico, Elnora. Nurse Vicky's Love. New York. Avalon Books. 1978. 183 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Green covers with black lettering on spine. Inscribed by the author and then signed and dated 1979 on front free endpaper. Very attractive nurse on the front of DJ. Also have Nurse Jessica's Cruise also signed by the author. $25.00 Book #2236 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dorn, Frank. Forest Twilight. London. George G. Harrap & Co.. 1935. 262 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with gold lettering on spine. Spine slightly faded. A novel of the Philippine Islands. Bookseller sticker inside back cover "French Bookstore Peiping (China)" A book with a history. $15.00 Book #2035 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Doyle, A. Conan. The White Company. New York. William Morrow. 1988. 366 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. 13 illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Previous owners inscription on back of frontis $15.00 Book #1196 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Drury, Clifford M. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon. Seattle. Pacific Northwest National Parks & Forests Associa. 1986. 911 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Two volume set with lots of photos. $15.00 Book #2107 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Drury, Clifford Merrill. Henry Harmon Spalding Pioneer of Old Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho. The Caxton Printers, Ltd.. 1936. 438 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Blue covers with yellow decorations on front and lettering on spine. Map of progress of Spalding-Whitman party across the plain in 1836 on endpapers. Second printing June 1936. Signed by the author on the title page. $25.00 Book #2148 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

DuMaurier, Daphne. Vanishing Cornwall. Garden City. Doubleday. 1967. 210 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first U.S. edition. Photos by Christian Du Maurier Browning. Dark blue cover with black spine, DJ corner clipped. History and a tour by the world famous author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and many others. $15.00 Book #287 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

du Maurier, Major Guy. An Englishman's Home. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1909. 131 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Red covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Private library stamps on endpapers (Presidio of San Francisco). A play in three acts. $15.00 Book #2031 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. Red Dirt Growing Up Okie. London. Verso. 1997. 224 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Tan covers with red lettering on the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. $15.00 Book #2133 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dunn, Mark. Ella Minnow Pea. San Francisco. MacAdam/Cage Publishing. 2001. 205 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Tan paper covers, Review Copy-Not for sale. The debut novel from an extablished playwright. This book is "a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable" which is explained in the book. $10.00 Book #1831 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Dunsany, Lord. The Odes of Horace. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1947. 168 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Blue covers with silver lettering on spine. Although spine is faded lettering is clear, otherwise condition is fine. Copyright page shows "First published 1947" and no additional printing noted. $20.00 Book #2138 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Eberhart, Nelle Richmond, Cadman, Charles Wakefield. The Father of Waters. Boston. Oliver Ditson Co.. 1927. 92 pps. 8 by 11". Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Words by Eberhart, Music by Cadman. A Cantata for Mixed Voices. $10.00 Book #1669 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Eddy, Mary Baker. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Boston. Allison V. Stewart. 1917. 700 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Writings of the founder of the Christian Science Church. Handsome black covers with blind embossing and gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges, previous owners name on endpapers. $15.00 Book #277 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Eddy, Mary Baker. Unit of Good, Rudimental Divine Science, No and Yes, Retrospection and Introspection. Boston. Trustees of Will of Mary Baker Eddy. 1919. 214 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Black covers with black endpapers. Several sections each numbered seperately. $10.00 Book #1423 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Eddy, Mary Baker. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Boston. Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy. 1961. 697 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Gray boards with gold lettering on spine and decorataion on front cover. Bilingual English and Russian on opposing pages. $20.00 Book #2218 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Ellison, Ralph. Flying HOme and Other Stories. New York. Random House. 1996. 173 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stated first edition on copyright page, 1 missing on row of numbers. $10.00 Book #326 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York. Random House. 1952. 439 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Stated seventh printing. Tan covers with black lettering on spine and black decorations on spine that overflows onto front and back covers. Top edge of pages blue. Dustjacket has wear and top and bottom and creases with pea sized chips at corners. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer, photo of author on back by Gordon Parks. $150.00 Book #1990 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Endore, Guy. Synanon. Garden City. Doubleday. 1968. 360 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Black covers with gold lettering on spine. Signed by author on FFE. Back hinge loose and book slightly cocked. $50.00 Book #2237 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Enright, Joseph F. Shinano!. New York. St. Martin's Press. 1987. 250 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2nd printing. "The sinking of Japan's secret supership. In 1944 Japan's mightiest aircraft carrier was attached on her top-secret maiden voyage by a lone American submarine. This is the untold story of the Shinano, by the man who sank her." $10.00 Book #1031 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Virgin Suicides. New York. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1993. 249 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Rust covers with black extended spine. Copyright page shows "First edition, 1993" with no additional printing information noted. $45.00 Book #2165 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Everson, William. Earth Poetry. Berkeley. Oyez. 1980. 251 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Very attractive, heavy brown covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Does not appear to have been opened. DJ has photo of Everson with long gray hair and beard. Selected essays and interviews 1950-1977 edited by Lee Bartlett. $15.00 Book #2039 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Everson, William K. The Art of W. C. Fields. New York. Bonanza Books. 231. 231 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Orange cover with extended yellow spine. History and analysis of W. C. Fields from his earliest days in vaudeville to his death in 1946. Photos on almost every page. A must for Fields fans. $15.00 Book #535 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Faber, Michel. The Crimson Petal and the White. New York. Harcourt, Inc.. 2002. 838 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Advance reading copy, stated First U.S. Edition. A massive novel set in 1870's London. $25.00 Book #1973 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fair, Ronald L. Many Thousand Gone. New York. Harcourt Brace and World. 1965. 114 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first edition. "An American Fable" Black author's first novel $25.00 Book #974 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Feldbaum, Carl B. Looking the Tiger in the Eye. New York. Harper & Row. 1988. 315 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Authors Feldbaum and Ronald J. Bee. Stated first edition, inscribed and signed by author Feldbaum. "Confronting the Nuclear Threat". Includes a history of the developement of atomic weapons with many photos including several of the very first atomic explosion in July 1945. $15.00 Book #534 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fenimore, David Heston. Bicycling Across America. Crystal Bay, Nevada. Pinedrop Press. 1989. 158 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. An account of a 4,657 mile bicycle trip from Oceanside California to Bar Harbor Maine. $10.00 Book #1982 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones. Franklin Center, PA. The Franklin Library. 1979. 732 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with extensive gold decorations on front and decorations and lettering on spine. Moire fabric end-papers, silk ribbon marker, raised spine bands, all edges gilt. As new, never read. Illustrations by William Small. Limited edition for subscribers to "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time". $45.00 Book #958 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fisher, Anne B. The Salinas Upside-Down River. New York. Rinehart & Company. 1945. 316 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in good dust jacket. Red covers, full page previous owners inscription on half-title. Dustjacket is missing two inch pieces at top and bottom of spine, attractive front illustration is mostly complete. No additional printings noted. Illustrated by Walker K. Fisher. From the series Rivers of America edited by Hervey Allen. The history of the Salinas River and the Salinas Valley. $20.00 Book #2158 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fisk, Carl R. World Progress The Standard Quarterly Review vol 4 #3. Chicago. The Standard Education Society. 1931. 92 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. "An alphabetically arranged digest covering all lines of human endeavor." Lots of photos showing the world in 1931. $10.00 Book #1095 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fitch, Clyde. Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. New York. Doubleday Page & Co.. 1902. 167 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. good copy with no dust jacket. Pictoral green cover with drawing of Ethel Barrymore in the lead, well worn. "A fantistic comedy in three acts". 15 photo plates from the performance. The frontispiece, in excellent condition but detached, is a photo of Ethel Barrymore and is worth the price of this book. $15.00 Book #690 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fix, Wm. R. The Bone Peddlers. New York. Macmillan Pub.. 1984. 337 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. DJ shows some wear and one small tear. The author critizes evolutionary theory and proposes alternatives. $25.00 Book #405 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fleming, Thomas. When This Cruel War is Over. New York. Tom Doherty Associates. 2001. 301 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof. $10.00 Book #1871 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Forester, C. S. Hornblower and the Hotspur. Boston. Little, Brown & Co.. 1962. 344 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. DJ clipped. 3rd printing. $10.00 Book #1630 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Francis, William. Swimming. New York. M. S. Mill Co., Inc.. 1938. 88 pps. 6.5 by 7.25". Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Orange covers with black lettering, spine faded. The author was the British Empire Back-stroke champion. Lots of photos illustrating the various strokes. On each page at the top and bottom edge, both front and back, there are photos that give the appearance of a movie when the pages are flipped illustrating: film 1--the breast stroke, film 2--butterfly breast stroke, film 3--front crawl and film 4--back crawl. The illusion is quite good. $25.00 Book #1987 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin on Balloons: A Letter Written from Passy, France. Saint Louis. W. K. Bixby. 1922. 10 pps. 8 by 10". Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. In 1784 Franklin wrote a letter concerning balloon carrying men aloft. "Convincing Sovereigns of the Folly of Wars, may perhaps be one effect of it". Mr. Bixby printed a facsimile of the letter and then a printed version in this book in 1922. Not paginated, approximately 10 pages. 250 copies printed on Vidalon paper by D. B. Updike, the Merrymount Press, Boston, October 1922. $75.00 Book #2070 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Frost, Mark. The LIst of 7. New York. William Morrow. 1993. 368 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Black boards with extended red cloth spine. Signed by the author on the half-title page. First printing number 1 present. Striking black DJ with large red 7. $25.00 Book #2193 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fuhrman, Chris. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. Athens, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. 1994. 187 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Purple covers with black lettering. Very colorful dustjacket. Number 1 present on copyright page. $20.00 Book #2045 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Fuhrman, Karl. Verse and Worse. San Francisco. None. 1937. 46 pps. 6.5 x 5". First edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Green covers with printed owl and other decorations front and back. Verses, stories and drawings by the author who was music librarian for the Bohemian Club. Inscribed "For E.S. Karl Fuhrman 1937" on inside of front cover. "Printed for my dear friends of the Bohemian Club San Francisco" printed on first page. $25.00 Book #2241 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gallo, Roger. Escape from America. Portland, Oregon. Manhattan Loft Publishing. 1997. 355 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Stated first edition. Everything you need to know to escape from the horrors of America. $25.00 Book #2192 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Galsworthy, John. Loyalties, a drama in three acts. New York. Charles Scribners. 1922. 110 pps. 5.5 by 7.5 ". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Appears to be first editon. Dark green cover with black titles, brown wrapping paper DJ with black titles. Owners name on endpapers. Complete play including diagrams of sets. $20.00 Book #489 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Garland, Peter. Jaime de Angulo: The Music of the Indians of Northern California. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soundings Press. 1988. 80 pps. 11 x 8.5". Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Approximately 80 pages, not numbered after 44. Near fine, some shelfwear. Appears to be a reprint of a study published in 1931 by de Angulo describing and transcribing the music of the Miwok, Pomo, Pauite, Modoc and other Indian tribes of Northern California. Last half of the book is reproductions of his notebook pages. $45.00 Book #2202 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gates, Julius Kendall, Gates, Samuel Pearly. Silas Gates of Stow Mass. Boston. None. 1907. 147 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Brick colored covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Front hinge loose, pages browning consistent with age, stamp and ink notations on front endpapers, shelfwear particularly at corners. The history of the distinguished Gates family of Silas (1718-?) and the decendants of his son, Paul Gates. Printed for private circulation by T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston. Lots of photos, the one of Pearly Gates alone is worth the price of this book. $50.00 Book #2156 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gayle, Mike. Mr. Commitment. New York. Broadway Books. 2000. 309 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Advance reading copy. By the author of My Legendary Girlfriend. $10.00 Book #1761 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. New York. Harper Collins. 1972. 170 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Later reprint, signed and dated by the author 7-26-95. The story of a 13-year-old Eskimo girl caught between childhood and womanhood and between cultures. Very nice dustjacket cover with gold Newberry Medal affixed to front. $20.00 Book #1749 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gibbs, Philip. The Soul of the War. London. William Heinemann. 1916. 362 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Brown covers with dark brown lettering. Popular edition printing October 1916. A War correspondent with a roving commission tells of the beginnings of World War I. 2A noted on page 361. $10.00 Book #1561 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gilbert, A. Beldon. Peace Officers Home Study Book. Los Angeles. Peace Officers Civil Service Association of Califo. 1945. 298 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author. very good copy with no dust jacket. Pebbled navy cloth, front hinge loose. Signed by the author with "complimentary" stamped across signature. Third printing. Lots of photos. $25.00 Book #2040 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gilmer, Maureen. The Complete Guide to Northern California Gardening. Dallas. Taylor Publishing Company. 1994. 235 pps. 8.5 by 11". Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Green covers with gold lettering on spine. Lots of illustrations most in color. Front hinge loose. $20.00 Book #2102 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Glassner, Andrew S. An Introduction to Ray Tracing. San Diego. Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1989. 327 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Black, slick covers with illlustrations on front cover. Edited by Glassner from the Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, CA. The algorithm called "ray tracing" is the most popular method of creating computer images so realistic they are indistinguishable from a photograph. Profusely illustrated. $40.00 Book #2226 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Glasstone, Samuel. The Effects of Nuclear Weapons. Washington, D. C.. United States Atomic Energy Commission. 1957. 579 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Softcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. White covers with browning around edges and spine, pea sized spot of white paint on front. Lots of photos, charts and diagrams showing effects of atomic bomb on buildings, trains, and people at Hiroshima, test and other sites. $15.00 Book #2206 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gough, John B. Autobiography of John B. Gough. San Francisco. Francis Dewing & Company. 1870. 552 pps. 8vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Brown pebbled covers with shelf wear, particularly at corners. Dark brown endpapers, binding tight, pages pristine. Great frontis of author with 8 other illustrations by George Cruikshank and others. Subtitled "Twenty-six years' experience as a public speaker" the author was a speaker for temperance of rare ability. At the back are two pages of advertisements, Agents wanted for the just published Life Of Ulysses S. Grant and Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln. $10.00 Book #1981 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gracian. The Best of Gracian. New York. Philosophical Library. 1964. 84 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the translator Thomas G. Corvan. The aphorisms of Gracian a Spanish cleric in the 1600's. Inscribed by Translator Thomas G. Corvan. $12.00 Book #552 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Grater, Russell K. Indian "Why" Stories. New York. Vantage Press. 1977. 70 pps. 8 vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Stated first edition. Dustjacket shows some shelfwear, chip missing at bottom of spine. Includes, "Why all animals do not live together, a Yokut ledgend, Why the possum's tail is bare, a Cataba legend, and many others. $10.00 Book #1838 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Greenwald, Jeff. Future Perfect. New York. Viking Press. 1998. 264 pps. 8vo. First edition. Softcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Covers are plastic coated paper. Advance uncorrected proofs, index not included. "How Star Tred conquered planet earth." $10.00 Book #1961 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gulick, Luther, Haisey. A Philosophy of Play. New York. Association Press. 1920. 291 pps. 8 vo. Reprint. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. A scholarlery analysis of play. Chapters include, "Hunting & fighting plays, playing house, the play of subnormal children, play and deomcracy." $25.00 Book #352 from Friends of the Nevada County Libraries, Nevada City, CA

Gump, Richard. Good Taste Costs No More. Garden City. Doubleday. 1951. 185 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. fine copy with no dust jacket. Stated first edition. Inscribed by the author: "Best wishes to Edward Giacotto Oct. 19, 1951." Red covers with very extended gray spine, black lettering on front and spine. The the author was owner of a fashionable art and antique store in San Francisco that is still a delight. $15.00 Book #1995 from